Director / PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 5047F

Premier Miton Group PLC

09 March 2020

 

9 March 2020

Premier Miton Group plc

("Premier Miton" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR Dealing

Premier Miton Group plc (AIM: PMI) today announces that it has been notified of the following transactions in the Company's ordinary shares of 0.02p each (the "Shares").

Vesting of Shares

On 7 March 2020 awards over a total of 1,184,476 Shares vested to certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and other employees  (the "Vesting").  On 7 March 2017, the Company (formerly Premier Asset Management Group plc ("Premier")) had announced that nil-cost contingent share rights (the "Retention Awards") had been granted over an aggregate of 1,216,667 Shares in Premier to certain PDMRs and other employees. The Retention Awards had a three year vesting period and were satisfied from Shares held in an Employee Benefit Trust. A Retention Award over 166,666 Shares vested in full to Mike O'Shea, PDMR.

Transfer of Shares

The transfer by Mike O'Shea, PDMR, of 663,313 Shares to a Family Trust account pursuant to an instruction given today.

As a result of the Vesting and Transfer of Shares, Mike O'Shea, Chief Executive Officer, a PDMR of the Company, now holds interests over the following number of Shares in the Company:

PDMR	Shares vested	Shares transferred	Total Interests over Shares	Percentage of Issued Share Capital
Michael O'Shea	166,666	663,313	2,816,672*	1.78%

* including Shares held by his spouse and in their respective SIPPs.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael O'Shea  - Chief Executive Officer
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer - classified as PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Miton Group plc
b)	LEI	213800LK2M4CLJ4H2V85
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.02p each in Premier Miton Group plc. ISIN: GB00BZB2KR63
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of Ordinary Shares in Premier Miton Group plc
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price- nil Volume: 166,666
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	7th March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael O'Shea  - Chief Executive Officer
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer - classified as PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Miton Group plc
b)	LEI	213800LK2M4CLJ4H2V85
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.02p each in Premier Miton Group plc. ISIN: GB00BZB2KR63
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of Ordinary Shares in Premier Miton Group plc
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price- nil Volume: 663,313
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	9th March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information, please contact:

Premier Miton Group plc Mike O'Shea, Chief Executive Officer	01483 306 090
Numis Securities Limited (NOMAD and Broker) Charles Farquhar / Kevin Cruickshank / Huw Jeremy	020 7260 1000
Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Richard Crawley / Jamie Richards	020 3100 2000
Smithfield Consultants (Financial PR) John Kiely / Andrew Wilde	020 3047 2544

Notes to editors:

Premier Miton is focused on delivering good investment outcomes for investors through relevant products and active management across its range of investment strategies, which include multi-asset, equity, absolute return and fixed income. The Company had assets under management of £11.6 billion as at 31 December 2019.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial

 

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